Collaborations

Works in Progress

A new framework for understanding and supporting families facing pediatric cancer

UX for Good | Chicago | See Overview

A new model for using professional sports to build better cities

Chicago Architecture Center | Chicago | See Report

A new institution helping nations recover from conflict and build more peaceful societies

Aegis Trust and UX for Good | Kigali, Rwanda | See Program

An approach to designing bigger, bolder solutions to social challenges

Jason Ulaszek | Camp Earnest

Completed Works

A new roadmap for expanding poetry's reach and engagement

Poetry Foundation | Chicago

The first-ever sequence for achieving the UN's Sustainable Development Goals

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) | Washington, DC | See our Findings

The nation's first doctorate in social innovation

University of Southern California | Los Angeles | See Program

A new model for US investment in emerging democracies

US Department of State and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | Palm Springs, CA

A new path for expanding mobile healthcare

Harvard Medical School and Family Van | Boston

A new tool for integrating mindfulness into public education

Dalai Lama for Peace and Education and UX for Good | Vancouver, Canada

A new funding model for nonprofit theater

Steppenwolf Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Lookingglass Theatre, Court Theatre, and Writers Theatre | Chicago | See Report

The first norms-based approach to solving social challenges

Andrew Benedict-Nelson and University of Southern California | Los Angeles | Watch Videos

A new vision for how international organizations like the UN should work

US Department of State and Community of Democracies | Charlottesville, VA

A model for genocide museums to turn visitors into activists

Aegis Trust, Kigali Genocide Memorial, and UX for Good | Kigali, Rwanda and London

A strategy for integrating art therapy into military healthcare

National Endowment for the Arts and Walter Reed Memorial Medical Center | Bethesda, MD

A new framework for accessibility that improves immersive experiences for everyone

Shedd Aquarium and Inzovu | Chicago

An insight into how to mobilize millions of people around a common cause

TED | Palm Springs, CA | See Video

A new roadmap for the future of law firms

Chicago and Washington DC | See Findings

A new tool to improve the standard of living for professional musicians

The Grammy Foundation, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, and UX for Good | New Orleans

Strategies for shielding creative work from the bean counters

Starbucks | Chicago | See Video

New insights for designing restaurants as community hubs

Panera | Boston

A new revenue-sharing model for taxi advertising

Clear Channel | Chicago

Experiments exploring new ways to energize American Jewish life

Jim Joseph Foundation | Denver, New Orleans | Listen to Podcast Series

Other Collaborations

NASA (Hampton, Virginia), Starbucks (Chicago), School of Visual Arts (New York City), Ashoka (Half Moon Bay, CA), UBS (Chicago), Great Books Foundation (Chicago), Chicago Public Media (Chicago), Illinois and Indiana Humanities Councils (Chicago), Interior Environments (Detroit, Denver), Council for Interior Design Accreditation (Virtual), Akerman (Miami), Foundations of East Chicago, Indiana (East Chicago, IN), Executives Breakfast Club of Oak Brook (Oak Brook, IL), Rotary One (Chicago)